FELLOWSHIPS
Interdisciplinary Dissertation Completion Fellowships 2008-09
The two annual dissertation-completion fellowships offered by the Humanities Center with the assistance of the Mellon Foundation are intended to support work that crosses disciplinary (and even divisional) boundaries, as for example between literature or art and the natural or social sciences, or between and among the various disciplines of the humanities (the history of art, literature, philosophy, linguistics, etc.). The committee will be interested in proposals that make strong and innovative interdisciplinary connections of a kind not customary within a given discipline. These fellowships are intended to encourage scholars to expand their own disciplinary expectations, and to explore the methodologies and practices of disciplines beyond those of their home departments or programs.
The award provides a stipend in the amount of $21,830, plus tuition or facilities fee and health fees for the year. PhD candidates in years G4 through G6 are welcome to apply; recipients are expected to complete the dissertation in the course of the fellowship year.
Applicants for the Humanities Center Interdisciplinary Fellowships are asked to submit their applications to the Fellowships Office (as with any other completion fellowship). In addition, applicants should submit to the Humanities Center a 2- to 3-page summary of their project, highlighting its interdisciplinary nature, along with copies of two faculty recommendations. For deadline information and other specific guidelines, see the Fellowship Office link listed below.
The Fellowships Office is located at:
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Holyoke Center, 3rd floor
Telephone: 617-495-1814
Click here for more information.
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